Hibiscus rostellatusGuill. & Perr. [family MALVACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Hibiscus goossensii(Hauman) F.D.Wilson [family MALVACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Wilson F.D., 1993
Related name
Hibiscus sudanensis
Hibiscus goossensii
Hibiscus rostellatus
Common name
bubil (K&A) fu gès ésua (JB; K&A) fu goror (JB) hu lot bu et (JB) hu tèl ku lebe (JB) ku garar (JB) u tèl (JB) (SENEGAL, DIOLA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4
pè di pata (JB) (SENEGAL, CRIOULO), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4
ngãnti navéla (JB) (SENEGAL, BALANTA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4
bubil (JB; K&A) (SENEGAL, DIOLA-FLUP), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4
ba gat budin (JB; K&A) (SENEGAL, BANYUN), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4
Flora
Entry for HIBISCUS rostellatus Guill. et Perr. [family MALVACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 1, page 175, (1868) Author: (by Dr. Maxwell T. Masters).
Names
HIBISCUS rostellatusGuill. et Perr. [family MALVACEAE], Fl. Seneg. i. 55.
Information
Suffrutescent, 3–4 ft. high, hispid, prickly; prickles recurved. Petioles 2–3 in. long, as long or nearly so as the leaves, which are cordate, angular, palmately 5-lobed; lobes deltoid, hispid, crenate-serrate. Stipules linear, short. Peduncles axillary, as long as or longer than the adjacent petioles. Epicalyx of 10 linear segments, much shorter than the calyx, and each provided at the apex with a spoon-shaped appendage. Calyx 5-cleft; segments lanceolate; nerves prominent, setose. Corolla pink, twice the length of the calyx. Staminal column-tube nearly equal to the corolla, bearing the stamens in numerous series; filaments combined in pairs, 2-furcate at the apex (Guill. et Perr. l. c.). Ovary obovoid-oblong, densely villose. Capsule ovoid, pointed, densely villose, 5-valved, many-seeded.
